FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



365 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



Crataegus pinnatifida 



China and 

 Central Asia 



Pure 



white ; 



May 



*C. punctata 



East and North 

 America 



Variable 



*C. Pyracantha 

 (Fiery Thorn) 



South Europe, 

 in hedges and 

 rough ground 



White 



C. sanguinea 



*C. tanacetifolia 

 (Pansy leaved 

 Thorn) 



Siberia 



Levant ; 

 introduced 1789 



C. spathulata 



United States 



White ; 

 May 



White ; 

 May 



White ; 

 May 



4 to 6 inches long, thick and 

 shining. It does not show 

 its true beauty until of some 

 age, but it is a hardy tree of 

 great beauty. The flowers 

 are in large corymbs, and 

 the fruits are of an intense 

 shining red, pear-shaped, and 

 make a bright picture in 

 autumn. This variety is often 

 labelled C. Layi. 



A good garden tree ; it is vari- 

 able, but the accepted type 

 has white flowers and bright 

 red fruits as large as a small 

 Crab apple. Another form 

 has smaller deep ruby -red 

 fruits. Brevispina, striata, 

 and xanthocarpa are varie- 

 ties, the last mentioned with 

 bright yellow fruits. 



An evergreen Thorn. Intro- 

 duced in 1629, and a well 

 known shrub. Its charms 

 consists in its dense glossy 

 leaves and brilliant msisses 

 of scarlet berries. It can be 

 grown as a bush or trained 

 up a wall or trellis. It is so 

 brilliant when in fruit that 

 the French call it buisson 

 ardent, or Burning Bush. 

 This Thorn should be more 

 grown as a bush, and not 

 confined as it usually is to a 

 south wall. As the fruits are 

 bitter they are not cared for 

 by the birds, and thus make 

 a display through the winter. 

 Laslandi is a variety with 

 larger and deeper coloured 

 fruits. 



This is not of great garden 

 value, but effective in winter 

 owing to the red bark. Son- 

 gorica is a variety also with 

 reddish bark. 



This is rare, and can be recog- 

 nised by bracts at the base 

 of the fruits. The fruits are 

 very large, yellow, and of 

 good flavour, and eaten in 

 the native country of the tree. 

 The specimen at Kew flowers 

 regularly and abundantly 

 every year. 



A very distinct Thorn, small, 

 and the leaves are persistent, 

 remaining on until the New 

 Year. The fruits are very 

 small and scarlet. 



